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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Bumper sticker
My (conservative) brother and his wife gave me this wonderful bumper sticker for my birthday…Â Now how can you take a network seriously that produces a bumper sticker that is so easy to edit?
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Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival
Visited the festival yesterday. I’ve attached a couple of panoramas from the festival — click on them for a zoomable version. I cropped the second one but left the first with raw edges. No, the boats aren’t actually bent — … Continue reading
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Stimulating infrastructure
A NYT column by Robert H. Frank makes a very coherent and logical argument for an additional stimulus to build and repair our crumbling infrastructure. He says: “… Now, those stimulus payouts are waning, and are being offset by spending … Continue reading
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Health Care Reform Costs
Ezra Klein has explained the projection published by the CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) of the costs of the new Health Care Reform act over the next 10 years. It looks as if the cost curve really does … Continue reading
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Krugman
Why do I have so many references to articles written by Paul Krugman? Because, by sticking with a basic model (and it’s not rocket science), he’s usually right. At least according to himself…
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Government is not getting bigger
For all those who think that government under Obama is growing out of control there is this from Menzie Chinn. Chinn adds a breakdown of federal, state, and local employment: Note the census ticks every 10 years. Also note that … Continue reading
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